Age Group Zones · Southern Zone

Gulf Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Gulf Swimming picks its team for the Southern Zone Age Group Championships, who's on track right now, and where your swimmer ranks.

Southern Zone Age Group Championships
summer 2027 (not announced; 2026 was July 29–August 1) · not announced (Orlando, Florida in 2026) · long course
Ages 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sends up to 12 girls and 12 boys per age group.

How Gulf Swimming picks its team

Method not published

Gulf didn't send a team in 2026, and its process isn't published beyond barring swimmers with Junior National swims.

From Gulf Swimming's 2025 selection information. LSCs post their 2027 rules in the spring; we update this page when they do.

Where does your swimmer rank right now?

Search any 14 & under swimmer for their rank on the MySwimApp Power Score in their age group and how far they are from the 12-swimmer line.

Who's on track: the Power Score top 3

Every Gulf Swimming swimmer ranked by their best 6 USA Swimming Power Points across the Zones events, either course, last 12 months. How the Power Score works. Gulf Swimming doesn't pick its team by a score, so this is a readiness ranking, not a team prediction.

Girls 11-12

850 ranked
  1. #1Gigi Barker · KATY5,311
  2. #2Hadley Wheeler · SSAN5,289
  3. #3Salma Pezzotti · BTA4,990

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 4,541 points. Ranks 4–850 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

837 ranked
  1. #1Shelby Bigby · FCST5,230
  2. #2Billie Briggs · BTA5,179
  3. #3Ella Ramirez · KATY5,057

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 4,582 points. Ranks 4–837 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

723 ranked
  1. #1Tate Robinson · BTA5,325
  2. #2Henson Terrill · HEAT5,268
  3. #3Isaac Zhang · FCST5,063

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 4,687 points. Ranks 4–723 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

715 ranked
  1. #1Jarrah Stewart · BATS5,451
  2. #2Edwin Zhong · KATY5,313
  3. #3Albert Chen · BATS5,225

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 4,763 points. Ranks 4–715 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Gulf Swimming Zone team picked?
Gulf didn't send a team in 2026, and its process isn't published beyond barring swimmers with Junior National swims.
When and where is Age Group Zones in 2027?
The Southern Zone Age Group Championships is summer 2027 (not announced; 2026 was July 29–August 1), not announced (Orlando, Florida in 2026). It's long course, for ages 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sends up to 12 girls and 12 boys per age group.
What time do you need for Zones?
There is no zone qualifying time. A swimmer can't enter an event in which they hold a Summer Junior National cut. For Gulf Swimming, a cut may not be enough on its own, because the team is partly chosen once swimmers qualify.
What is the MySwimApp Power Score?
The sum of a swimmer's best 6 USA Swimming Power Points across the Zones events, in either course, over the last 12 months. Power Points put a 50 free and a 400 IM on one scale and adjust for age, so it ranks everyone in an age group the way most scored Zones selections do.

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